Tiger Maple - questions

Brock Cutlery

Brock Cutlery

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I have this old drafting table top. I used it for a workbench for my grinder for many months until I finally replaced it with a thicker maple workbench.
Anyway, I was looking at it the other day and realized that the center strip of wood looks like tiger maple, right?
This thing is at least from the 60's, maybe even the 40's. Very old.
Is this usable for handles? Stabilize it and use it?

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If you are going to use it, stabilize it. Maple is less expensive than other figured woods, so you could just buy other blocks. Depends on how yiu want to do it I guess! If it's been used as an old workbench, might be kinda pinky and nasty..but you might be able to find some nice wood in there!
 
Go for it! I agree with Nic though, it should be stabilized. The figure on that is really tight looking, it should be really nice! I have used it on two knives and they came out fairly nice as well. IMHO, it benefits from a medium grit (400-600 grit) finish. One such project can be found in this thread -> http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1339833-First-Katana-Tsuka
You can see, the grain is really pretty with a 600 grit finish and a few coats of oil. Not nearly as tight as the figuring in your piece though...

Good luck!
 
Definately to 400 grit minimum. I love maple. For a really cool finish, look up aqua fortis
 
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